Zusammenfassung der Ressource
English
lit lang:
Theorists
- Grice
- Quantity
- Not too much not
too little- Don't
give more
information that is
asked
- "What is your
name?" "my name
is Bob"
- Quality
- Truth is told, with
evidence
- 'i got an A as i got 90%'
- Relevance
- Each speaker
says something
relevant
- For example in a job
interview- stay on topic
- Manner
- Each speaker says
something clear
- 'Turn left, then
right, at the next
street'
- Maxims in Action:
A: "How do i get to
Asda mate?" B:
"Go straight
ahead, turn right
at the school,
then left at the
bus stop"
- Speaker A assumes that: B
believes the directions to be
genuine= Quality
- Speaker A assumes that: B
believes the information to be
sufficient= Quantity
- Speaker A assumes that: B
believes the information to is
clear=Manner
- Speaker A assumes that:
B believes his directions
are to Asda= Relevance
- Leech
- Tact
- Minimises the cost to the
listener and maximizes the
cost to the speaker
- "Sorry can i talk to
you please?"
- Generosity
- Minimises the benefit to
the speaker and
maximizes the benefit to
the listner
- "You should come for tea"
- Approbation
- Minimises praise to the speaker
- "yes i have seen that it's unusual"
- Modesty
- Minimises praise
of the speaker
- "i'm a bit stupid can
you say it again please?"
- Agreement
- Minimises
disagreement
- "why don't we go at ten?"
- Sympathy
- Minimises antipathy
(dislike) and maximises
sympathy
- "Sorry to hear you are not well"
- Labov
- 1.Abstract
- Briefly, what is the story about?
- "A really strange thing
happened last night"
- 2.Otrientation
- Who? what? where? when?
- "A friend of mine [did this]
on friday"
- 3.Complicating
action
- Then what happened?
- "and then..."
- 4.Evaluation
- How is this interesting?
- "and then she got them
half price!"
- 5.Result or resolution
- What finally happened?
- " it turned out that's why"
- 6.Coda
- The story is finished
- Lakoff
- Don't impose
- Avoid intruding on other people's lives
- "Excuse me" "sorry
to bother you"
- Give options
- Avoid making the listener feel
obliged to do something
- "do you mind?"
"is it okay?"
- Make your receiver feel good
- Make others feel appreciated
- "you look nice today"
- Brown and Levison:FACE
- Positive Politeness
- 1. Attend to the hearer 2. Avoid
disagreement 3.Assume agreement
4.Hedge opinion
- 1."you must be hungry?" 2."not very small
but not very big" 3."so when are you
coming to see us?" 4."you really should
sort of try harder"
- Negative Politeness
- 1.Be indirect 2. Request forgiveness 3. minimise
imposition 4. pluralize the person responsible
- 1. "i'm looking for a pen" 2."you must forgive me but... could i borrow
your pen?" 3. "i just wanted to ask you if i could use your pen" 4. "we
forgot to tell you that it is due in yesterday"
- Purpose when looking at transcripts of real talk: TRIPE
- T= Transactional- exchanges where there is
negotiation or getting something done e.g.
asking for directions
- R= Referential- Providing information e.g.
giving details about an event
- I= Interactional- exchanges when the main
focus is social e.g. catching up on news
- P= Phatic- small talk e.g. openings or
weather comments
- E= Expressive- conveying and describing
feelings e.g. being upset